A spokesman for the Second Amendment Foundation discusses why California continues to treat private gun owners like trash.
California government continues to be sticklers to private gun owners, this time forcing credit card companies to classify sales of firearms with a special code.
According to USA Today, the state has put a merchant category code (or MCC) to keep track of certain sales – namely guns. Though the code generally “tracks the type of business where a transaction was made to determine things like tax reporting or transaction fees,” the change specifically points to keeping track of gun sales.
What’s interesting about this is that California becomes the first state requiring the code, while others, such as Tennessee, Georgia, Iowa and Wyoming, actually ban the code from taking any sort of effect.
It just goes to show that California isn’t too fond of gun owners, after putting an unfair excise tax into effect and previously trying to ban certain types of firearms.
A spokesman for the Second Amendment Foundation – a group that firmly believes in everyone’s right to bear arms – joins us now to discuss this coding further. We welcome them to the show.
Q&A:
- What does California’s requiring of a merchant category code say about its ongoing disdain against private gun owners?
- Why is Gov. Newsom so deadest on making life miserable for firearms sellers and buyers? Does he really feel a ban would make a difference with “active shooter” events?
- Other states seem to be banning the use of a merchant category code, while California requires it. What does this say about the disarray of America when it comes to gun control?
- Do you believe that the use of a merchant category code could result in lawsuits, should private records somehow be made public?
- Could California be planning other restrictions against private gun owners?
- Where can we learn more about the Second Amendment Foundation?
a. You can visit our official website at http://www.saf.org.
Second Amendment Foundation spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community; a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years. He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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